Topics in Primatology BIAN3012  - Details

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Later Year Course


Offered By: School of Archaeology & Anthropology
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Subject: Biological Anthropology
Offered in: BIAN3012 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value: 3 units
Course Description:

The course consists of a series of tutorials taken while BIAN2127 is in progress. It treats selected themes in primatology in critical detail.

Learning Outcomes:   At the conclusion of this course students will understand the following:
  • Independently set and answer a question from a specialised topic in Primatology, identifying suitable themes for an in-depth analysis
  • Systematically search for and analyse the literature surrounding the topic of choice, including key literature and contemporary themes
  • Produce a cogent, original argument that draws from the literature, in both written and verbal forms  and is communicated logically and convincingly
  • Participate in discussions of your peers major presentations in an intelligent and interactive manner
Indicative Assessment:

Tutorial presentations (40%), a final 3,000-word essay (60%).

Workload:

Normally offered in the same semester as the pre-/co-requisite course.
Attendance in the pre/co-requisite course plus 3-4 hours extra tutorials

Areas of Interest: Anthropology and Biological Anthropology
Requisite Statement:

Concurrent enrolment in BIAN2127 Primate Ecology and Behavior or previous completion of BIAN2012 Primates (ANTH2011 Primates), or BIAN2126 Primate Evolutionary Biology.

Incompatibility:

ANTH3011 Topics in Primatology.

Majors/Specialisations: Anthropology, Archaeology, and Biological Anthropology
Science Group: C
Academic Contact: Prof. Colin Groves